Hey everybody. Well, heres chapter 8. I only got 2 reviews, but I'll be nice. This time, I want four reviews, or the final chapter isn't going up. Well, thanks! ^_^
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Chapter 8: Yorouki's Secret
Yusuke walked forward, and stood facing Youko Kurama. The fox boy just looked into pace with a blank look on his face. The stood like that, until Yorouki said something.
"Go on master. You can take him down." the Youko walked forward, and attacked. He threw a handful of rose thorns at Yusuke. Where he got them is unbeknown. Yusuke dodged the thorns, and kept running from the continuous throws. Very few of the thorns hit Yusuke. The ones that did, cut his cheek, arms, and chest. They only grazed his skin, and he kept dodging, at the amusement of a very injured Yorouki.
Back with the group, Hiei regained consciousness, just in time to see Yusuke and Kurama fighting. Boton, who had been kneeling over him the whole time, refused to let him up. She still hadn't changed back into her regular form, and had advanced healing power. That's why Hiei awoke so quickly. Hiei watched, while the several rose thorns being shot at him cut Yusuke.
Yusuke kept dodging, until Youko Kurama stopped throwing, giving him a chance to breathe. Then Yusuke took his chance. He used his Spirit Gun, which made a lot of light, but barely scratched Youko Kurama. Then they were back at the fight. Yusuke was dodging, and shooting his Spirit Gun, conserving his energy.
Youko Kurama threw several more handfuls of thorns, and Yusuke kept shooting, still not making a mark on Youko Kurama. Then he suddenly got an idea. He would have to have perfect timing though. He dodged several more times, and then came his chance. Youko Kurama gave him another break, and Yusuke got ready.
"Shotgun!" he yelled. Several streams of light shot out from Yusuke's fist, hitting Youko Kurama in the stomach. Youko Kurama doubled over in pain. Yorouki was so surprised, that she almost lost control of Youko's mind. She quickly regained control, and Youko stood upright, as if he felt no pain. He threw more rose thorns, and Yusuke dodged them. Then he hit Youko with the shotgun several more times. Each time, Yorouki doubled over along with Youko, and almost lost control of Youko's mind. Finally, Yusuke hit one last time. The shotgun prided Youko's stomach, and this time, Yorouki did lose control. Youko changed back into his human form, and collapsed, barely able to move.
"NO!!" Yorouki screamed. "Master!"
"What's her deal?" Kuwabara asked Boton. "I thought she hated Kurama." Yorouki ran over to the crumpled Kurama, and tried to help him up. She barely touched him, when Kurama screamed out in pain. Yorouki flinched, and stood up, turning toward Yusuke.
"You hurt him. You could have killed him." she said.
"Yeah, well, I wouldn't have had to, if you hadn't controlled his mind." Yusuke explained.
"Your gonna pay." was all she said. Yusuke stood upright, and looked confused. Why is she so concerned? I thought she hated him.
"Sephina, your up." Sephina walked forward, and smirked.
"So, I can't fight shorty over there. Too bad. I was hoping that I could finish what I started, but oh well." Sephina said. Hiei stood up, and began walking forward, despite Boton's yells.
"I'll fight you again. And this time, I'll win." he stepped forward, and stood in a fighting position.
"Good. I never like to leave a job undone." she stood in a fighting position, and watched Hiei. Hiei removed his cape, and changed into his full demon form again, then clenched his fists.
"I never got to fight you in this form. I should have fun." he said. Suddenly Yusuke interrupted.
"Hiei, remember what I said when we first met? Stop talking! It wastes time!" he yelled. Hiei smirked, and pulled out his sword. Without much more hesitation, he attacked. His first cut sliced Sephina across the stomach. Since Sephina was already too injured from their last fight, Hiei thought that this one should be easy. He attacked several more times. That's when Sephina used her poison again. She pointed her finger at Hiei, and shot a fang at Hiei. It missed, and hit the wall.
"Are we going to try this trick again? Sorry, already seen it." Hiei said. Sephina shot several more fangs, and this time, three hit Hiei. Hiei was beginning to feel dizzy, but kept his focus. He attacked Sephina several more times, and missed on some of them. He kept attacking, and barely hit.
Hiei stumbled, and almost fell backwards. Hiei, come on, focus. He told himself. Can't let the poison reach your heart. Keep moving. He tried to focus, and kept stumbling. Finally he regained his balance. He ran forward, and attacked Sephina. The earth demon barely budged at the light blows. The poison was taking its toll on Hiei's system. He could barely stand, but kept moving. The earth demon waited for Hiei's attacks, but Hiei was down on one knee. Then he looked up at Sephina.
"Why don't you at least attack me, huh?" Hiei didn't want to be beaten by poison. And he never liked to be helpless. This time he had no choice.
"Normally, I would just let you die from the poison, but if you want to get beaten to a pulp first, then ok." Sephina wasn't thinking, and she just attacked. Hiei went flying backwards, and hit a wall. He got up, and tried to keep his balance. Sephina hit him again, and he flew again. Each time Sephina struck, Hiei flew and hit something. He never attacked, just got hit. And he never tried to block either.
"What is he doing?" Kuwabara asked Boton. She didn't have any idea either.
Hiei flew backwards again, and hit another wall. This time he wasn't so lucky. Or so Yusuke thought.
Oh, man. This hurts like hell, but I have to gather my energy into one attack. That's the only way I'll beat her now. The only reason I'm letting her hit me, is because of the poison.
*Flashback*
"…That poissson will work itsss way to hisss heart. In a few sssecondsss, he will become unconsciousss. That will help the poissson move fassster…"
*End Flashback*
If I can keep moving long enough, then the poison will move slower. It's my only chance.
Hiei slowly pulled himself up off the ground, and waited for the attack. Sephina struck him with all her might, and again Hiei went flying into the same wall.
I should have enough power. Here goes nothing. Hiei thought to himself. He ran forward and with all his strength, he sliced his sword through the air, and he ended up behind Sephina. Sephina stood there for a moment, and then her head fell off. Hiei struggled to stand up, and walked over to the rest of the group.
"The best way to deal with a snake is to cut off its head." he managed to say, before he collapsed on the floor next to Kurama.
Hiei woke up in a daze, and saw himself looking into the face of normal Boton. She had transformed back to her normal state, and unfortunately could not transform back.
"What happened? The only thing I can remember is falling on the ground." Hiei asked.
"Well, we were able to get enough blood off of your sword to heal you." Boton answered.
"And what about Kurama?" Hiei asked.
"Well, he is… well…Hm." was all Boton could say. Hiei looked on the floor about 5 feet away from him and saw Kurama, unconscious from the intense pain. He still couldn't move. Hiei got up and ran over to Kurama's side immediately. He wanted to reach out to hold Kurama's hand, but Yukina stopped him.
"Don't touch him Hiei. He is too injured. All you will do is hurt him more." she said to her brother. "In her transformed state, Boton has advanced healing powers, and those didn't even work. He has to heal by himself. And if we don't get him out of here soon, those gashes could grow infectious."
"You're not going anywhere." Yorouki said.
"Damn straight, we aren't. We aren't going anywhere without Keiko." Yusuke said. He advanced toward Yorouki, and Yorouki was backing away.
"Wait, before you attack, I think id like to know why she cared so much that Kurama got hurt." Hiei said, walking up to Yusuke.
"Good idea. Why not explain." Yusuke said. They stared at Yorouki, who had complete fear in her eyes.
"Well, I… well…you see… it was like this." Yorouki said, and she began.
*Flashback*
I was one of his best students. He favored me.
"Ahh, Yorouki, getting better every day." Youko Kurama said.
"Thank you master." the young student replied.
And one day, I… well, I developed feelings for him. I really had a crush on him, and I knew he felt the same way.
"Yes, Yorouki. Very good." Youko Kurama said.
"Thank you again master."
"Did I ever tell you that you have beautiful eyes?" Youko said, looking up and Yorouki.
"Thousands of times, master." Yorouki answered.
"Well, then, I'll have to come up with a new compliment for you. It shouldn't be too hard."
We were sorta seeing each other, nothing serious. I hoped that after our training was over, we could be involved. But then he turned 'good' if such a thing exists.
"The man at my door, he used some power on me!"
"Master Youko, there was no man at the door." Kiyoko said.
"I have to turn you away. You must leave now."
"What are you saying, master?" Yorouki said.
"I'm saying I can no longer teach you. Go now." he walked over to Yorouki. "I'm sorry Yorouki. You must go."
And he met that girl, Kiore. They had become involved, and I knew I had to tear them apart if I was to have any chance with him.
"She has to go." Yorouki thought out loud to herself. "She has to die."
That's when we set the fire.
"Kiore! Get out of here." Youko ran out of his house, and turned around.
"Kiore! No Kiore! Not you too!" Youko Kurama sat down, silent tears streaming from his face.
She died, and he escaped, which was my intention, even if the others didn't know it.
*End Flashback*
"I had hoped to convert him back to our ways, so we could be together again, but there was no evil in his heart. From that day on, I hoped the evils of the world plagued his thoughts. That way he would come back to our side, so as not to worry about it anymore. I eventually forgot about him, but when I saw him in this castle, I knew I had another chance. That's why I was so angry when he got hurt. And that's why they kept attacking you, Yusuke Urameshi. I told them to mainly attack the short one with black hair. I meant Hiei, but they got you two confused. I wanted Hiei dead so Master Youko and I could be together again, but I failed. I never thought I would see master Youko in here, for this girl, but he came."
"So, let me get this straight. You kidnap Keiko to destroy the world, end up seeing an old flame, try to kill Hiei for Kurama, and end up trying to kill me instead, and you still want to destroy the world?"
"That's about it." Yorouki said. She was tired of talking, and wanted to fight.
"I still don't get why she wants to destroy the world." Kuwabara said. He had joined them when he heard them asking her to explain.
"You dimwit!" Yorouki yelled. "I want to destroy the world because I'm a demon! Its what we do!"
"Oh, ok. I get it now." Kuwabara said.
"Not all demons are like that." Yusuke said. Yorouki ignored him.
"Yusuke, can you fight this?" Hiei asked. Yusuke stood perfectly still, and then slowly nodded to Hiei. Hiei walked back over to Kurama, and sat next to him, wishing he could do more to help him other than just sit and watch him. Yusuke walked forward, and Yorouki was terrified to fight. She was in bad shape, and knew she couldn't fight him. She would lose!
I have to stall as much as I can. That way, I can gain more strength. All I have to do is stall. But how? Yorouki thought to herself. How am I supposed to stall? Lets think here Yorouki, get it together, oh! She suddenly came up with a brilliant idea. She'd seen it on the monitor, after they fought Sephina the first time.
"Yusuke, did I ever tell you that I knew your father?"
"What?"
"Yeah, we used to talk all the time."
"Oh, yeah I'm sure." Yusuke said.
"No, really, we talked about everything. When you were growing up, he talked about how cute you were, and how much he loved you." Yorouki tried.
"I aint buying it." Yusuke said, and kept advancing towards Yusuke.
"Oh, we really talked. He told me everything about you. Also, he told me about school. About your teachers. About your grades." Yorouki tried and tried, but she couldn't convince Yusuke that she knew his father. She really didn't, but she was trying to stall for time.
Yusuke must have been thinking the same thing, so he blocked his mind from Yorouki.
"Really? Then what grades do I get in school?" Yusuke asked. This should be a cinch. All I have to do is read - WHAT? A block? How'd he learn that? Yorouki tried at a guess, and said the first thing that came into her mind.
"Uh… fifties?"
"Wrong. Twelve's." Yusuke attacked with brutal force, knocking Yorouki to the ground. She was barely able to get up.
"That's it." she struggled to stand up, and used a power on herself. Instantly, she stood upright and attacked Yusuke. Apparently it was a healing power. Yorouki attacked with such force, that Yusuke lost his balance several times. Then he countered with his Spirit Gun. The weapon made Yorouki weaker, but not nearly enough. Then he shot several more times, and she was slightly weaker.
"Heh. I'll give you a free shot, just for fun you don't seem to be hurting me." Yorouki said. Gathering up his last spirit energy, he attacked with his Shotgun, draining all his energy in one blow. Yusuke fell to the ground, and looked up at Yorouki. She was down on one knee. Then he smirked.
"I don't seem to be hurting you do I" he sarcastically said.
"Hey! That was a cheap shot!"
"No, as I recall, it was a free shot." then he got up, and tried to walk back to the group, but fell over again.
"Boton, I think he might need help here." Yukina said.
"Yeah, I know. Hiei probably wont want to leave Kurama's side, and I cant fight anymore, so it looks like you're up." Boton said. Hiei had been listening in on the conversation.
"Yukina, I'll go." he said.
"No. You just fought a battle, and you need to take care of Kurama." then she looked at her brother. "Don't worry so much Hiei, I'll be ok." and she walked forward, to face her fate.